Progressive Casualty Insurance and North Carolina-based Builders Mutual Insurance Co. have been served with class-action lawsuits over data breaches on their own computer systems in 2022, cyber attacks that may have exposed the personal data of more than 411,000 people. …
Hospitals and clinics in several states on Friday began the time-consuming process of recovering from a cyberattack that disrupted their computer systems, forcing some emergency rooms to shut down and ambulances to be diverted. Many primary care services at facilities …
Cybersecurity insurance company Elpha Secure and partner Sterling New Age Cyber have introduced ES-1000, a service bundle package that focuses on mitigating risk and cyber threat to clients through cyber software, educational resources and professional consultation. SterlingRisk Programs, a division …
Small business cybersecurity provider Coronet has partnered with Coalition, a cyber insurance provider for small and midsized businesses, to offer cyber insurance to Coronet customers. The partnership combines Coronet’s data breach protection platform with cyber insurance coverage up to $500,000. …
The city of Baltimore is set to purchase $20 million in cyber insurance coverage, five months after an attack hobbled its computer network. The city’s Board of Estimates on Wednesday approved the purchase of two $10 million policies. The premiums …
Willis Towers Watson has launched tailored cyber insurance coverage for the construction industry. CyCon was developed in close cooperation with specialty cyber insurance provider NAS Insurance Services and is available nationwide. The coverage includes a blend of first- and third-party …
Chubb has broadened its enterprise risk management options for Chubb commercial cyber policyholders in the United States and Canada. Two new policy forms, Cyber Enterprise Risk Management (Cyber ERM) and DigiTech Enterprise Risk Management (DigiTech ERM), combine cyber insurance with …
Specialist lines underwriting agency, CFC Underwriting, has launched a cyber incident response application that will allow policyholders to notify a claim with a click of a button and receive specialist support from CFC’s global cyber incident response team. In addition, …
A study of 3,000 companies in the UK, U.S. and Germany, reveals that more than half (53 percent) of businesses in the three countries are ill-prepared to deal with cyber-attacks. Fewer than one-third (30 percent) qualify as “expert” in overall …
A recent report on cybersecurity still shows many companies are unprepared for cyberattacks. The report, conducted by KPMG and British Telecom, reveals only 22 percent of companies have a comprehensive plan in place to deal with a major cybersecurity incident. …
